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Deep Impact
Although Mercury is replete with impact craters, it can be difficult to gauge their size in a meaningful way. This oblique image shows an unnamed crater that lies within the Rachmaninoff basin. It is a simple crater, characterized by its bowl-like shape, and lacks the central peak or peak ring of larger, complex craters. The famous Meteor Crater in Arizona, though also a simple crater, is five times smaller in diameter! (North is towards the upper left corner of the image.)
Date acquired: February 09, 2012
Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington